IP: Microsoft Rallies Industry Against Bug Anarchy

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 14:48:36 -0400
> To: Dave  Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
> From: Brian McWilliams <brian () pc-radio com>
> Subject: Microsoft Rallies Industry Against Bug Anarchy
>
> http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/171173.html
>
> Pushed to the brink by recent Internet worm outbreaks, Microsoft hopes to 
> rally the computer industry against those who improperly publish 
> information about security vulnerabilities.
>
> In an editorial at Microsoft's site, Scott Culp, head of the company's 
> Security Response Center, announced the initiative against what he called 
> "information anarchy."
>
> According to Culp, the damage caused by worms such as Code Red and Nimda 
> can be blamed in part on computer security professionals who discovered 
> the software flaws exploited by the malicious, self-propagating programs.
>
> "The people who wrote (the worms) have been rightly condemned as 
> criminals. But they needed help to devastate our networks ... It's high 
> time the security community stopped providing blueprints for building 
> these weapons," he said.
>
> [snip]


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